Prince William County
Virginia's Chronic Absenteeism Rate Remained at 18.6% in 2022-23
Virginia counted 234,822 chronically absent students in 2022-23, or 18.6% of public-school enrollment. That was 9,231 fewer students and 0.9 percentage points lower than in 2021-22.
One in Seven Virginia Students Is an English Learner
Manassas City enrolls 7,663 students. More than half of them, 4,005, are classified as English learners. In Manassas Park, the number is 50.7%. These are not large urban school systems absorbing a nat...
Fairfax County Lost 8,371 Students While Its Population Grew
Fairfax County Public Schools enrolled 188,930 students in 2019-20, the culmination of 17 years of nearly unbroken growth. Five years later, the division enrolled 180,559, a loss of 8,371 students, or...
Hampton City Graduates 96% of Its Students. Most Larger Divisions Cannot Say the Same.
Hampton City graduated 96.4% of its 1,461-student cohort in 2023. Its dropout rate was 0.8%, among the lowest in the state.
One in Five Virginia Students Is Now Hispanic
In Manassas Park, seven of every 10 students are Hispanic. White enrollment has fallen to 9.8%, down from 19.8% eight years ago. Two hours south in the Shenandoah Valley, Harrisonburg crossed the majo...